Junior ladies SP has just been skated and Daleman was on fire landing 3Z ( huge ) 3S+2T and 2A , all jumps gorgeous.

She scored 47.59 in the short.

If she wins junior ladies there is a very good chance she will get the ticket to JW as she has by far the most consistent 3Z ( the key jump in the short this season ) of all the ladies that can go to JW. Indeed her lutz is even more consistent than that of Phaneuf and Lacoste.

While I agree with Daleman having a great skate last night, I am not convinced that the lutz is that consistent (She missed it at Challenge and at some other competitions). will be interesting to see how she handles the pressure on Wednesday to stay ahead. Realistically, would SC send a person to Jw who never skated internaionally before?

Move them up to senior, they'd do fine, I mean probably the majority of the senior teams are probably doing [Juvenile level singles] double lutzes for their side by side jumps .

At the junior level there is no choice about the side by sides. They all have to do the double lutz. They have done double axels in sequence with each other before. So they would be doing at least double axels if they skated senior.

Grant you they will need to add triples to be competitive as seniors. But the rest of their skating is at a pretty good senior level already.

Some countries hold national championships even if there isn't enough competitors to fill the entire podium, let alone three warm-up groups. Why not? So there isn't a full roster of twelve teams; that's no reason to deny the others a chance to compete. Competing against other skaters at your level is a valuable experience, and it motivates them to improve.

(I didn't know that about the sbs double lutzes, btw. I thought B&B just knew they didn't need anything more difficult than that).